24. Will be doing AND Will have done ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

24. Will be doing AND Will have done

A	Study this example situation: These people are standing in a queue to get into the cinema. Half an hour from now, the cinema will be full. Everyone will be watching the film . Three hours from now, the cinema will be empty. The film will have finished. Everyone will have gone home.
B	I will be doing something (future continuous)= I will be in the middle of doing it: ·         This time next week I'll be on holiday. I’ll be lying on the beach or swimming in the sea. ·         You have no chance of getting the job. You’ll be wasting your time if you apply for it. Compare will be (do)ing and will (do): ·         Don't phone between 7 and 8. We’ll be having dinner. ·         Let’s wait for Liz to arrive and then we'll have dinner. Compare will be-ing with other continuous forms: ·         At 10 o'clock yesterday, Sally was in her office. She was working. (past) ·         It's 10 o'clock now. She is in her office. She is working. (present) ·         At 10 o'clock tomorrow, she will be in her office. She will be working.
C	We also use will be-ing to talk about complete actions in the future. For example: The government will be making a statement about the crisis later today. Will you be going away this summer? Later in the programme, I'll be talking to the Minister of Education ... Our best player is injured and won't be playing in the game on Saturday. In these examples will be -ing is similar to (be) going to ...
D	We use will have (done) (future perfect) to say that something will already be complete before a time in the future. For example: ·         Sally always leaves for work at 8.30 in the morning. She won't be at home at 9 o'clock - she’ll have gone to work. ·         We're late. The film will already have started by the time we get to the cinema. Compare will have (done) with other perfect forms: Ted and Amy have been married for 24 years. (present perfect) Next year they will have been married for 25 years. When their son was born, they had been married for three years. (past perfect)

EXERCISES

24.1

Read about Andy. Then tick( √ ) the sentences which are true. In each group of sentences at Least one is true. Andy goes to work every day. He leaves home at 8 0 1clock and arrives at work at about 8.45. He starts work immediately and continues until12.30 when he has lunch (which takes about half an hour). He starts work again at 1.15 and goes home at exactly 4.30. Every day he follows the same routine and tomorrow will be no exception. 1 At 7.45 a he'll be leaving the house b he'll have left the house c he 1ll be at home .√ d he’ll be having breakfast .√ 4 At 12.45 a he’ll have lunch b he’ll be having lunch c he’ll have finished his lunch d he’ll have started his lunch 2 At 8.15 a he’ll be leaving the house b he’ll have left the house c he'll have arrived at work d  he'll be arriving at work 5 At 4 o'clock a he’ll have finished work b he’ll finish work c he’ll be working d he won’t have finished work 3 At 9 .15 a he'll be working b he'll start work c he'll have started work d he'll be arriving at work 6 At 4.45 a he’ll leave work b he’ll be leaving work c he’ll have left work d he’ll have arrived home

24.2

Put the verb into the correct form, will be (do)ing or will have (done). 1 Don’t phone between 7 and 8. ____We’ll be having _______dinner then. (we /have) 2 Phone me after 8 o’clock. ________dinner by then. (we /finish) 3 Tomorrow afternoon we’re going to play tennis from 3 o'clock until 4.30. So at 4 o'clock, _____________tennis. (we /play) 4 A: Can we meet tomorrow? B: Yes~ but not in the afternoon. _________________. (I /work) 5 B has to go to a meeting which begins at 10 o’clock. It will last about an hour. A: Will you be free at 11.30? B: Yes, ___________ by then. (the meeting /end) 6 Ben is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, __________ all his money before the end of his holiday. (he /spend) 7 Do you think _______ the same job in ten years} time? (you /still /do) 8 Lisa is from New Zealand. She is travelling around Europe at the moment. So far she has travelled about 11000 miles. By the end of the trip, __________ more than 3,000 miles. (she /travel) 9 If you need to contact me, ______________ at the Lion Hotel until Friday. (I /stay) 10 A:__________Laura tomorrow? (you /see) B: Yes, probably. Why? A: I borrowed this DVD from her. Can you give it back to her?

ANSWER KEY

24.1 2 b is true 3 a and care true 4 b and d are true 5 c and d are true 6 c is true 24.2 2 We'll have finished 3 we'll be playing 4 I'll be working 5 the meeting will have ended 6 he'll have spent 7 you'll still be doing 8 she'll have travelled 9 I'll be staying 10 Will you be seeing